Brief: Anxiety vs Panic

It one of those things that is so obvious it gets missed.

Lots of people use "anxiety attack" and "panic attack" interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. The use of the different words should be a tip-off, but even I missed the significance.

Anxiety can lead to panic. Anxiety attacks can be diffused before panic sets in. Anxiety attacks are more mild and less consuming than panic attacks.

I don't know the professional views on this as well as I know my own experiences, of course. YMMV.